Pierre Players Community Theatre enriches, educates and entertains central South Dakota by engaging volunteers and audience members in the process and product of quality theater. Pierre Players is a place for everyone. We are committed to sustaining a diverse, inclusive and equitable space where everyone who walks through the theater doors—patrons, artists, volunteers and vendors—feels valued and respected regardless of gender, age, race, ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, education or ability. As a community theater, Pierre Players seeks to inspire its community through promoting diverse stories, artists and ideals.
Dakota Players, in conjunction with Little Players, wants to guide the young talents of the Pierre/Fort Pierre community through a fun-filled, motivating week of theater magic. Auditions for Dakota Players’ original musical production “The Missing Mountain Mystery” will be held Monday, June 27, 2022, 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. CDT at the Grand Opera House. “The Missing Mountain Mystery” is designed with suitable parts for every age, skill and experience level involved. Five days of intensive rehearsals will be held in which the lines, staging, songs and even dances will be learned, culminating in an out-of-this-world performance. Older children are also needed to assist the directors and learn how to operate sound and lighting.
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Miss Nelson can't control her crazy classroom because she's just too nice. But when she disappears, her replacement is the hard-as-nails, detention-loving, recess-canceling, homework-overloading substitute teacher Viola Swamp! With the Big Test approaching, the kids suddenly realize how much they miss Miss Nelson and they'll do anything—including hiring a private eye—to solve the mystery of her disappearance and bring her back. Auditions for Little Players' "Miss Nelson is Missing!" will be held Tuesday, July 12, 2022, 6-8 p.m. CDT at the Grand Opera House. There are roles for three girls (3rd to 6th grade in fall), 3 boys (3rd to 6th grade in fall), and 3 to 4 adults (6th to 12th grade in fall). Performance dates are Aug. 12-14.
This exciting drama about the Puritan purge of witchcraft in old Salem is both a gripping historical play and a timely parable of our contemporary society. The story focuses upon a young farmer, his wife and a young servant-girl who maliciously causes the wife’s arrest for witchcraft. The farmer brings the girl to court to admit the lie—and it is here that the monstrous course of bigotry and deceit is terrifyingly depicted. The farmer, instead of saving his wife, finds himself also accused of witchcraft and ultimately condemned with a host of others. Auditions will be held Monday, Aug. 15, 2022, at 7 p.m. CDT. There are roles for 10 males and 10 females. Performance dates are Oct. 7-9 and 13-15.
Support is provided with funds from the State of South Dakota, through the Department of Tourism and the National Endowment for the Arts.
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Join us for a one-time, special performance of the play "Silent Sky" by Lauren Gunderson on Friday, Dec. 10, at the Grand Opera House. The performance is part of the South Dakota Discovery Center's Learning for the Universe Celebration of the Webb Space Telescope Launch.
Special features of this performance include a star show using the Discovery Center's latest technology, hands-on activities about the Webb Space Telescope and a discussion about Henrietta Leavitt, women in science and the Webb Space telescope.
Doors for "Silent Sky" open at 6 p.m., with special displays in the the Grand Opera House Box Office (Encore Room). The performance is at 7 p.m., with a discussion following the show. The performance is supported in part by a grant from the South Dakota Humanities Council and in partnership with Pierre Players Community Theatre. Learn more and purchase a show ticket.
